Food for

Food for

Fall 2017

THE NEWSLETTER OF Food Bank of Siouxland, Inc.

Dear Friends,

DISTRIBUTION PARTNER OF

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Food Bank of Siouxland, Inc. Mailing Address PO Box 985 Sioux City, IA 51102

Physical Location 1313 11th Street Sioux City, IA 51105 Phone: 712-255-9741 Fax: 712-255-3116

2017 has become quite a year for the Food Bank of Siouxland! Each month we are astonished at the demand for food across our community. The news will tell the story of an economy doing much better, of unemployment numbers dropping ... and yet we are still seeing an upward trend that sets monthly records for distribution and more people seeking food assistance than ever before in our 26 year history. Why? I believe the recession isn't over for everyone. Underemployment, wages that don't allow for a balanced budget, medical costs and other expenses are all factors that can tip a family budget over the edge. We expect to distribute over 2.2 million pounds of food in FY 2017 (ending 9/30/2017), which will be a record setter. The double edged sword image still comes to mind: how sad that there are still so many at risk for hunger, but how truly wonderful that so many are able to access the food they need ... all thanks to YOU, our partners in feeding our community. Thank you for ALL you do!

As all healthy organizations must, particularly in times of growth as we are currently experiencing, it is important for the Board of Directors to come together to talk about past achievements, review our successes and our challenges, and chart a course for our future. This spring our board and senior staff participated in facilitated sessions to craft a new strategic plan, and great results have come from this work. Three key areas of focus have come from our sessions and committees have been established to continue the work on each topic, again composed of both board members and staff, to work on these strategies. I'd like to share them with you:

? Secure Sufficient Funding. It goes without saying that without strong finances, no organization can achieve their goals. In our case, feeding our community is life-saving work. So reviewing our practices, being accountable, seeking both transparency and growth in this arena is essential.

? Educate and Nourish Siouxland. Topics include childhood hunger (including but not limited to our BackPack Program: Food for Kids); striving to "Meet the Meal Gap," which is a Feeding America study released each year identifying a "gap" in meals by county in our community; and educating everyone around the challenges of hunger and helping to reduce the stigma around those who visit a food pantry or utilize SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance, formerly known as food stamps).

? Enhance our Infrastructure. This team's work is focused on analyzing our resources and how we use them, including our staff, our building, our equipment, and more.

Inside:

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Hunger Action Month Leader of the Pack Hunger Heroes

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Will Golf for Food

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Board Member Spotlight Leave a Message Siouxland Save the Date

I'm also excited to share with you that from our Strategic Planning sessions has come a new mission statement, a much more concise way of stating what the Food Bank of Siouxland is all about:

Leading Siouxland in the fight against hunger.

What particularly appeals to me about this statement is that this identifies our role as one of leadership, but implies what we know to be true: this fight needs the help and support of many ? our agency partners, our volunteers and friends, and our donors. As we've said before, we believe that "Together, we can solve hunger."

Linda Scheid, Executive Director

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September: Hunger Action Month:

September is Hunger Action Month, a month-long campaign to create awareness of the hunger issues, and to mobilize our community in the fight against hunger. Check out the Hunger Action Month calendar on our website (events/hungeraction-month) to see how you can join us in helping to end hunger. Throughout the month we'll be asking you to consider the universal feeling of an empty stomach, and how on an empty stomach, we cannot reach our full potential.

Together, We Can Solve Hunger!

Leader of the Pack:

Hunger Games Edition

The 7th Annual "Leader of the Pack" Run/Walk/Bike: Hunger Games Edition celebrated a new date and record-breaking result thanks to many generous supporters. The Saturday, June 24 date brought perfect weather for our runners, walkers, and cyclists to join us in support of our BackPack Program: Food for Kids.

This event raised over $17,000 thanks to the generosity of many including the following sponsors:

HUNGER CONQUEROR: Blue Bunny HUNGER WARRIOR: Mercy Medical Center HUNGER CHAMPIONS: Woodhouse Auto Family,

Siouxland Cyclists

HUNGER HEROES: Interstate Mechanical, Metal Specialists, Manley & Obbink Chiropractic, Herb & Rosie Kuehne

HUNGER FIGHTERS: Thorpe & Co. Jewellers, CNOS, Liteworks, Siouxland Coin & Jewelry, Ryan & Cari Gehling, Great West Casualty, Primebank

SPECIAL THANKS also to Jetske Wauran from KMEG for covering the event, to Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve for hosting us, to Iowa KidsNet for joining us, to all the runners and individual donors, and to all those who donated food and raffle items including: Scheels, Pepsi Cola of Siouxland, Hy-Vee, Tamme & Paul Saul, Sioux City Explorers, Road ID, Walgreens, Rosenthal Foods, and AmeriGroup.

HUNGER HEROES

The Food Bank of Siouxland is very blessed to have so many individuals, foundations, and corporations that give of themselves and their resources to support our mission of fighting hunger in Siouxland. Some of this year's Hunger Heroes are:

? Community Foundations: Many thanks to Fund for Siouxland, Akron Community Foundation, Ida County Community Betterment Foundation, and Sioux County Community Foundation, all of which are helping to fight hunger through grants made through the Siouxland Community Foundation.

? Morgan Stanley Foundation Produce Capacity Grant through Feeding America which will help us grow our Produce Program through the purchase of equipment for our warehouse.

? Walmart Retail Agency Capacity Grant through Feeding America which will help our partner agencies build their capacity to distribute more in their immediate communities.

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Will Golf for Food

Golfing for an important cause

Our 14th Annual "Will Golf for Food" Charity Golf Tournament presented by Blue Bunny and PREMIER Bankcard was held on August 7, 2017. Thanks to the 22 teams participating, many sponsors, generous donors, and amazing volunteers, the event raised over $23,000 for the Food Bank to help fight hunger in Siouxland.

This year's first place team was Pioneer-Wooldridge Insurance, followed by Cloverleaf (Team #1) in second place, and Tyson Foods (Dakota City) in third place. A fun day was had by all and it felt good to be raising funds to help ensure that no one in our community goes hungry.

MANY THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS:

PRESENTING SPONSORS: Blue Bunny & PREMIER Bankcard GOLF CART SPONSOR: RKD Alpha Dog, Jim & Sheri FitzPatrick SCORECARD SPONSOR: Knova's Carpets BEVERAGE CART SPONSORS: United HealthCare, Woodhouse Auto Family PUTTING CONTEST SPONSOR: Kvidera Mechanical

HOLE SPONSORS:

Able Homebuilders AC&R Specialists American Pop Corn Co. BoDeans Baking Group Central Bank FiberComm Heartland Chiropractic Associates Jim & Sheri FitzPatrick Kollman Appliance

Manley-Obbink Chiropractic Mercy Medical Center Mills, Shellhammer, Puetz & Associates Nor-Am Cold Storage Riekes Equipment Company Rosenthal Foods Security National Bank SKY Construction Smithfield Foods, Sioux City

Steve & Bonnie Crary Sysco-Lincoln Thompson Electric Company Thorpe & Co. Jewellers Tyson Foods (Dakota City) Up From the Earth Wells Fargo Bank Williams & Company Consulting, Inc. Zeitner & Sons

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2017 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Mark Eganhouse, President Robbie Rohlena, Vice President

Stacie Hays, Secretary Jared Von Bank, Treasurer Dawn Draube, Past President

Lee Bobier Matt Campbell

Doug Collins Rob Costello Ryan Gehling Brooke Hensley Zac Johannsen Marc Obbink Matt Raveling Allison Skouge Jason Sweitzer Dale Tigges Joe Twidwell

FOOD BANK STAFF 2017

Linda Scheid Executive Director

Jennifer Hart Development Director

Debbie Hubbard Program and Administrative

Coordinator

Jacob Wanderscheid Network Relations and Transportation Coordinator

Jennie Allen Operations Director

Rico Linares Senior Truck Driver / Warehouse

Assistant

Jeff Booth Warehouse Assistant

Board Member Spotlight

Mark Eganhouse

A leader is someone whose actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more. Joining the board of directors in 2015, Mark immediately made an indelible "mark" on the Food Bank's present and future efforts to lead Siouxland in the fight against hunger. Serving as president for two of his first three years on the board, he has led our strategic planning efforts, including the adoption of a vision and new mission statement. Always leading by example, Mark participates in all Food Bank fundraisers and projects, volunteers with our BackPack Program: Food for Kids, and gives generously of his time, talents, and treasures. Mark has not only been a dedicated board member and volunteer for the Food Bank, his wife, Brenda, also chairs the efforts to make our Empty Bowls silent auction a great success.

Mark grew up on a farm in Iowa and graduated with an Agricultural degree from Iowa State University. He currently leads the Wells Blue Bunny Supply Chain team as Vice President. He has 31 years in the foodservice industry and over 19 years of leadership experience. In his limited spare time, he enjoys mentoring others in the food industry and spending time with family, friends, and golfing.

We thank you, Mark, for inspiring our board members and staff to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more.

Leave a Message Siouxland

The Food Bank of Siouxland is partnering with Leave a Message Siouxland to inform and inspire donors to consider including a gift to charity in their estate plans. Naming the Food Bank of Siouxland as the beneficiary of a planned estate gift is a way to join us in the fight against hunger. A gift through your will, insurance policies, or other planned giving options, is a way to make a legacy gift that will touch the lives of so many hungry children, families, and elderly people in Siouxland.

SAVE

THE DATE

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14th Annual "Empty Bowls" Fundraiser Auction, Dinner, and Hunger Awareness Event

Friday, February 2, 2018 at the Delta Hotel Center, South Sioux City Riverfront (formerly the Marina Inn Conference Center)

Tickets are limited and go on sale Thursday, December 13, 2017. Sponsorship opportunities are also available. To reserve your seats/tables (after 12/13), become a sponsor, or donate to the auction, please call or email Development Director Jennifer Hart at 712-255-9741 or Jennifer@.

"Celebrate Our Friends Day" ? a way to thank those who consistently go above and beyond and the presentation of our annual "Legacy Award" at 4pm on Tuesday, September 19, at the Food Bank of Siouxland. RSVP by calling 712-255-9741.

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